Copyholder



June 19, 1923. 1,459,334

' R. l. KELLEITIEIR COPYHOLDER Filed Oct. 5. 1920 Q Q q WITNESS x INVENTOR 43/ ATTORNEYS.

Patented June 19, 1923.

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ROSE I. KELLEHER, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

COPYI-IOLDER.

Application filed October 5, 1920. Serial No. 414,718.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Ross I. KnnLni-rnn, a citizen of the United States, and resident of the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, have invented a certain new and useful Copyholder, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to supports and more particularly to that type of support adapted to conveniently hold and disp ay copy sheets, manuscripts, and various other articles so as to be within convenient view of a person having desire to refer to the same.

The invention is especially adaptable for stenographic and typewriter service.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a copy holder that is at once simple, substantial, and foldable and collapsible into a compact position when not in use, and which may be readily erected to form a convenient stand or support for the display of various objects, such, for instance, as stenographers copies.

It is an object of the invention further to provide a device of this kind that is of extremely inexpensive construction and that is light and very durable and that can be arranged with facility upon any desk or other suitable or convenient supporting surface without special fastening means or appurtenances.

t is a further object of the invention to provide a simple, practicable, and facile method for the manufacture of the improved copy-holder.

The invention possesses other objects and features of advantage, some of which, with the foregoing, will be made manifest in the following description of the preferred form of the invention which is illustrated in the drawings accompanying and forming part of the specification. It is to be understood that it is not intended to limit the invention to the embodiment shown by the said drawings and description as variations may be adopted within the scope of the invention as set forth in the claim.

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective of the device in its erected position upon the top of a desk showing a sheet for copy attached thereto for convenient reading and reference.

Fig. 2 is an edge view of the collapsed or folded copy holder, the main table-forming part being broken away for convenience to show indefinite length.

Fig. 3 is a sectional detail view of a form I of hinge-or connecting means by which the stabilizing foot is connected to the end flap or leg-forming member. I

Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view on about the same scale as Fig. 3 showing a form of joint or hinge forming means between the legfiforming flap and the main table part.

view of one end of the holder;

5 is a detail endelevation and edge K The invention in its preferred embodiness and also enables the compact folding of.

the Whole. To the end edges of the tableforming member are hingedly secured leg-' forming elements that may be of the same material as that of the table part; means bein provided to permit the folding of the leg-forming members fiatwise upon the table base and also permitting the substantial vertical adjustment of the leg-forming elements to position the table at the desired angle with respect to the eye of the observer. Means are also provided for limiting the un folding movement of the end flaps and legforming sections which are provided with suitable stabilizing devices, also foldable, and by which the erecteddevice is maintained in substantial upright position. a

In its illustrated form the copy holder comprises a main, plane, stifl intermediate table-forming member 2 of any desired dimensions 'to the transverse end edges of which arehingedly connected a short leg; forming flap 3 and a taller leg-forming flap 4:, so that when the legs are arranged in the position shown in Fig. .1 the top of the table 2 assumes an inclined position with respect to the table or desk D.

It is desirable to provide a connection between the leg-forming flaps 8 and 4 and the ends ofthe table part 2-as to enable the flaps to be folded flatwise upon the top surface of the table part 2 as shownin Fig. 2, and also to provide means that will limit the unfolding of the legs to the erected position shown in Fig. 1 and at the same time to v provide an extremely simple, compact, and

inexpensive form of hinge connection between the folding members. To that end the folding parts 3 and .t are, in the process of manufacturing the device, spaced a predetermined position from the transverse end indicated *at M, Fig. 1.

edges of the main part 2 and there is then applied the hinging connection. A form of such connection includes an upper transversely extending pliable and durable strip or strap-like layer 5 as of linen or cotton tape which preferably isadhesively secured to the top surfaces at and b Fig. 5, bridging the horizontal gap 0 indicated in Fig. 4-. In a similar manner a transversely extending strip of tape- 6 is secured to the opposite faces (Z and e of the main table member 2 and the leg flaps 3 ands respectively. When the hinge strip 6 is applied it not only bridges the gap 0 between the main part 2 and'the contiguous leg flaps but the mediate portion ofthe strip 6 is depressed into the space between the parallel edges of the table p'artand the leg member as at 6 Fig. i, and thedepressed portion 6 is adhesively secured, or otherwise-if desired, to the bridging portion-of the strip 5. The Width of the space s and the Width of the connecting hingeportion 6 of the strip or tape is such as to permit the legs 3 and 4 to be folded over" the end of the table part 2 to lie flat upon the surface thereof as in Fig. 2, but it is important thatthe connecting hinge portion-(i in the space 0 serve also as a tension device or link to limit the unfolding of the legs respectively When adjusted to the position shown in Figs. 1' and 5, at which time, the contiguous corners 7 of the table part 2 and the legs 3 and 4 move into abutment or mutual supporting"relation. Having provided means to predetermine the unfolding position of the legfiaps it is also desirable to provide means to stabilize the unfolded holder so that it Will form a substantialsupport to receive on its top surface any object, such for instance as a copy book or manuscript The stabilizing means is here represented as comprising foot sections 9 and 10 respectively attached to the svvingingends of the leg sections 3 and. 4. The leg and foot sections are preferably made of substantially the same material as that forming the main'table part 2 and in such case the foot sections 9 and 10 are swinging- 1y connected to the transverse swinging edges of the leg 'sections' 8t by a hinge construction similar to thatabove described. In the construction of the device the foot'sections 9- 10 are arranged in parallel position to the adjacent edges of the leg'sections or flaps 34; being spaced therefrom a distance 7 Fig. -3, -not necessarily equal to the space 0 the space 7' adhesively or otherwise secured to the tension portion 11 The hinge connections as above described therefore provide not only for the convenient folding of the several leg flaps and the foot flaps 9l0 flatwise upon the table part 2 but also serve as means to limit the unfolding of the end members with respect to the table part 2 and serve to form a su'thciently rigid support of the parts in erected position.

To temporarily but readily detachably hold an object as a manuscript book or sheet upon the table part2 any suitable fastening means may be employed. An extremely practicable readily adjustable and convenient clamp is shown as comprising a spring tube member 15 longitudinally split and provided with clamping jaws l6 that-may be passed over the longitudinal edge of the table part 2 and opened by means of handle levers 17 the releasingof which permitsthe spring tube 15 to close the clamp jaws 16 on the object as the sheet M to be secured to the table 22. Preferably the clamping device is adjustable to any desirable location along-the edge of the table part and also may be applied to either edge for COIIVGIIlGDCG OfTight hand or left hand operatives. To prevent loss of the clamping device it is flexibly connected to the copy holder as by means of a cord or other equivalent elementlS one end of Which may be passed through an aperture 19 of which there is one adjacent each longitudinal edge of the table part 2.

j hat claimed is:

A copy holder comprising a stiff table member, end flaps, continuous double hinge means connecting said flaps to the ends of the said memben-and footmembers hinged to the free edges of the endflaps, said flaps and foot members having unfolding movement limited by the hinge means.

In testimony whereofli have hereunto set 

